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Why? The windows core is a perfectly good alternative to Linux. It's always good to have competition.
How would we know unless we can read (and compile) the source code?
Generally the code quality is considered good.
With all the announcements around stuff like Docker for Windows Server Containers and cross platform .NET, this was nearly inevitable. Now the server management also steers in the right direction.
Disclaimer: ms employee doing tons of open source.
I happily await the day when I no longer need to install PuTTY on all of my fresh Windows installs.
The "experiments" in Windows 10 are undeniably improvements for when we still use things like cmd, but Powershell needs a modern terminal window and there needs to be a native answer to Putty for both SSH and Powershell remoting.
I'd say after SSH this should be a priority for the Powershell team. Conhost is holding them back. A lot.
Is that code for Ballmer's regime vs Nadella's regime?
Well... all I can say is RESPECT!!! But don't get lazy! We still need state of the art terminal!